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Croatian participation in MSCA

NCP services

Sandra Vidović,

17th November 2017

Source: European Commission – Dashboard, November 2017

Croatian Success rate

8,4% (12,5% MSCA average)

Croatian participation in MSCA

Participation by organisations

Participation by projects

Budget distributionby scientific panel

Croatian participation in RISE

PROJECT ACRONIM ORGANISATION

WASTCArD

• S.D. Informatika• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and

Computing, UNIZG

papabuild

• Faculty of Electrical Engineering andComputing, UNIZG

• FRAN d.o.o.

Phoenix

• Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, UNIZG

• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, UNIZG

A_MADAM • TOPOMATIKA d.o.o.

Croatian Success rate

12,5%

Croatian participation in RISEMobility pattern

14 Croatian researchers/staff members involved

12 Foreignresearcherscoming to Croatia

NCP support

MSCA NCP activities

• Info days, trainings, workshops, webinars (each MSCA opened call – minimum 3 per year in organisation of the Department)

• Continuous communication with existing and potential beneficiaries – monthly e-mail newsletters

• Maintaining and updating of Horizon 2020 national portal, EURAXESS portal and EURAXESS Facebook page (promotion of calls, relevant information, funding opportunities, partner search)

Informing and awareness raising

activities

• Advising and providing support for beneficiaries through call and project lifecycle –preparation of proposals, submission, evaluation, GA preparation and implementation (personal consultations, e-mail and phone correspondence)

• Prescreening project proposals for IF and consortium projects (ITN and RISE)

Assisting and advising activities

• Support for partner search for consortium projects and IF host organisations

• Representation of Croatian partners abroad (international info days or brokerage events)

• Cooperation with other institutions in Croatia involved in H2020 programme (MES, HAMAG-BICRO, Enterprise European Network)

Networking/partner search activities

• Participation to Commission meetings with MSCA NCPs (2x per year – April and November)

• Comments on Guide for Applicants for each MSCA Call delivered to the Commission

• International cooperation and information sharing with other MSCA NCPs

• Collection, analysis and delivery of statistical and other data from/to EC, MES and users

Cooperation with European

Commission and National institutions

MSCA and EURAXESS

• Assistance to incoming, outgoing researchers and their families

• Legal and administrative help - including visa requirements, work regulations, taxation and social security

• Preparation of the Guide for Foreign Researchers in Republic of Croatia

• Participation in preparation of the Action Plan for Mobility of Researchers

• Maintenance of national EURAXESS portal

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/pdf/brochure_rights/am509774CEE_EN_E4.pdf

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/

• Responded to more than 240 queries

• Pre-screening of 20 projects (IF and ITN)

• Organisation and participation to 14 events:– 6 workshops (RISE, IF, ITN and Ethics issues)

– 1 conference (''20 years of MSCA in Croatia

and future perspectives for researchers' mobility'‘

– 6 info days (Dubrovnik, Varaždin, Rijeka and Split)

– Fellowship fair

• Participation in Working Group for COFUND project proposal

• Participation in Net4Mobility project activities and EURAXESS TOP III activities

• Participating in events and meetings organised by European Commission

• Participation in preparation of the Action Plan for Mobility of Researchers

• Redesign of the EURAXESS portal

MSCA NCPActivities in 2017

MSCA IF58%

MSCA ITN6%

MSCA RISE13%

MSCA COFUND

5%

OTHER9%

EURAXESS 9%

CROATIA MSCA NCP QUERIES

Thank you!

Sandra Vidović

Horizon 2020 National Contact Point for Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Agency for Mobility and EU ProgrammesFrankopanska 26, HR-10 000 ZagrebPhone +385 (0)1 500 5954Fax +385 (0)1 500 5699

sandra.vidovic@mobilnost.hrwww.mobilnost.hr

www.obzor2020.hr